Ok, so not a total emergency... And I don't know what I'm expecting to get out of this post but I'm going to post it anyway.
I feel ready for labor, I feel like the baby will come when I give it the OK, but I still feel like there are a couple of (silly) things holding me back. I was ok with not having a boys' name picked out, since I'm fairly confident that we're having a girl, and then I had a dream that I had a boy. In my dream I didn't even bother to check for a half an hour because I was so confident that it was a girl, and then I was wrong. Can you ladies give me some ideas for a boys name?
I know that sounds strange. We don't want something that's been really popular lately. We don't want our kid to get to school and be one of 100 with his name, like Jennifer was in the 80s. I'd like something a LITTLE unusual, but my husband does not... For instance, I wanted to name the girl Sunsong, but my husband said no way.
The other thing is the Belly cast. I think we're going to try again tonight. This will be our third try... The first time we used plaster bandages. I passed out and then the whole thing fell apart... The second time we did the plaster bandages again, reinforced with a bag of plaster, but didn't have enough plaster so we couldn't finish it... But we did manage to prop my legs up so I wouldn't pass out again (I've always had trouble with being still causing me to pass out.) Then we realized the plaster bandages were expired, and THAT'S why they were falling apart...
This time I went to a medical supply store and got some 4x4 gauze. (Two nice big packages...) and FOUR bags of plaster (I DO NOT want to run out again...) I figure we'll grease me up, lay out a thick enough layer of gauze to keep the plaster mostly off my skin. Wet the gauze that goes around my nipples and bellybutton to it will preserve some detail and then mix plaster and smooth it on. If any of you have done a belly cast, do you see anything about this plan that might cause failure?
I know this is a long OT post with silly problems, But I firmly believe these things are preventing me from going into labor... and I am ready for labor already!!
I feel ready for labor, I feel like the baby will come when I give it the OK, but I still feel like there are a couple of (silly) things holding me back. I was ok with not having a boys' name picked out, since I'm fairly confident that we're having a girl, and then I had a dream that I had a boy. In my dream I didn't even bother to check for a half an hour because I was so confident that it was a girl, and then I was wrong. Can you ladies give me some ideas for a boys name?
I know that sounds strange. We don't want something that's been really popular lately. We don't want our kid to get to school and be one of 100 with his name, like Jennifer was in the 80s. I'd like something a LITTLE unusual, but my husband does not... For instance, I wanted to name the girl Sunsong, but my husband said no way.The other thing is the Belly cast. I think we're going to try again tonight. This will be our third try... The first time we used plaster bandages. I passed out and then the whole thing fell apart... The second time we did the plaster bandages again, reinforced with a bag of plaster, but didn't have enough plaster so we couldn't finish it... But we did manage to prop my legs up so I wouldn't pass out again (I've always had trouble with being still causing me to pass out.) Then we realized the plaster bandages were expired, and THAT'S why they were falling apart...
This time I went to a medical supply store and got some 4x4 gauze. (Two nice big packages...) and FOUR bags of plaster (I DO NOT want to run out again...) I figure we'll grease me up, lay out a thick enough layer of gauze to keep the plaster mostly off my skin. Wet the gauze that goes around my nipples and bellybutton to it will preserve some detail and then mix plaster and smooth it on. If any of you have done a belly cast, do you see anything about this plan that might cause failure?
I know this is a long OT post with silly problems, But I firmly believe these things are preventing me from going into labor... and I am ready for labor already!!
